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Nitrogen Dioxide

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Noun

1. nitrogen dioxide

a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nitrogen Dioxide

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noun
a red-brown poisonous irritating gas that, at ordinary temperatures, exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It is an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid, a nitrating agent, and also an oxidizer for rocket fuels. Formula: NO2

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Nitrogen Dioxide

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a poisonous, reddish-brown gas, NO2, used in making nitric acid, as a rocket-fuel oxidizer, etc.: it is also an air pollutant formed from automobile exhausts

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nitrogen Dioxide

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n.
A deadly poisonous reddish brown gas, NO2, denser than air, often found in smog and automobile exhaust fumes and synthesized for use as a nitrating agent, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent.

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